Anne of Aaron, mother of the Virgin Mary (Saint Anne), mother of the Virgin Mary
Jewish, descendant of Aaron, exiled to Nazareth in Galilee, following the political troubles of the time. She is the wife of Joachim, descendant of King David, and mother of the Virgin Mary. She was 50/55 years old at the time of her Maternity. Sterile until an advanced age, she went to pray at the Temple for maternity. Like Anne of Elkanah, she promised to dedicate her child to the Temple.[1] Which she did with Mary.
Because of their holiness Anne did not suffer the pains of childbirth but gave, after carrying her, ecstatically birth to the Sinless One. For both of them (with her husband Joachim), it was not the agony, but the fading away of a life that dies out as a star fades when the sun rises at dawn.[2]
Character and appearance
This Woman is beautiful, with her specifically Hebrew features. The eye is black and deep; I do not know why it reminds me of that of the Baptist. (NB: she is the aunt of Elizabeth, the mother of the Baptist) … The complexion is slightly brown. The mouth, a bit wide and well shaped, has a stern expression, but without hardness. The nose is long and thin, slightly curved at the base, an aquiline nose that harmonizes well with the eyes. She is sturdy but not fat. Well proportioned and tall, as one can guess while she is seated".[3]
Apostolic journey
"You can well understand how God could not dwell where Satan had placed his indelible sign. Power therefore worked to make his future immaculate tabernacle. And by two righteous, of advanced age and against the usual rules of procreation, was conceived She on whom there is no stain".[4]
Her name
Anna or Anne means "Grace, favor" – Historical: Name of the mother of Samuel the prophet. Name of the high priest.
Where is she mentioned in the work?
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Anne is celebrated by the Church on July 26."The worship of Saint Anne has undergone various changes. Her body was transported to the Gauls in the first century of the Christian era, and buried in a subterranean chamber of the Church of Apt, in Provence, at the time of the persecutions. At the end of the 8th century, it was miraculously discovered and became the object of a Pilgrimage. But it was especially in the 17th century that the worship of Saint Anne gained the popularity it has today. Of all the sanctuaries of Saint Anne, the most famous is that of Auray, in Brittany; its origin is due to the miraculous discovery of an old statue of the great Saint, accompanied by the most extraordinary circumstances and followed by countless miracles. Saint Anne of Auray is still today the object of a national Pilgrimage." (Abbé L. Jaud, "Lives of the Saints for Every Day of the Year" Tours, Mame, 1950)
According to the visions of the Blessed Mary of Agreda
"Saint Anne lived fifty-six years, divided in this way: she was twenty-four when she married Saint Joachim. She spent twenty years in her marriage childless, in her forty-fourth year she gave birth to the most pure Mary, and twelve that she lived after the birth of This Queen, of which three in her company, and nine that she remained in the Temple, totaling fifty-six years. [...] She was forty-eight years old when her husband Joachim died". (Mary of Agreda - The Mystical City of God" 1660 - Volume 2, part 1, book 2, chapter 19, pages 360, 361). (Maria-valtorta.org note: The apparent contradiction between the seers on Anne's age should not surprise. Maria Valtorta "sees" the scenes. She thus estimates that Anne is "apparently" 50/55 years old. Are these ten extra years in appearance the lot of all Women of her time?)
"On September 8, Saint Anne understood that she would finally possess the child of so many prayers; she prostrated herself and prayed to God to bless her. Then her august daughter (Mary) entered a very sublime Ecstasy, so that she could not perceive her birth. When she came out of her rapture, she found herself all beautiful in the arms of her happy mother, who had been spared all the ordinary inconveniences of that state, and who addressed this prayer to God: Creator of all that exists, I offer you my daughter whom I have just received from your goodness and I thank you for her. [...] The Lord responded to her inwardly to treat her as other mothers treat their children, without showing externally the respect that was in her Heart, but also with as much care and love." (Mary of Agreda - The Mystical City of God - Chapter 6)